You know this rural neighbor – the elderly widow who lives alone at the dead end of a road bypassed by the information superhighway. She doesn't see ...

"The Odyssey" (2026) is a thrilling cinematic spectacle. It also shines a light on the unequal geography of moviegoing in rural America.

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A radiology technician looks at a chest X-ray of a child suffering from flu symptoms at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston, Georgia. (AP Photo/David Goldman) For eight states, about 10% of ...

We hear constantly that rural and urban America have grown apart. The 2024 presidential map made the point in the usual way, a sea of red countryside ...

Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a news conference at the Spirit of Detroit shortly after winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Wednesday, August 5, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.

Tune in to Yonder Radio for conversations about feral cats in Idaho, Cherokee pottery traditions, and "drunk angels" in Appalachia. This week's musician is the Gladson Family Band.

Appalachia’s Struggle Against America’s Institutions is a profoundly important book for the field of Appalachian studies ...

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This story was originally published by The Times Journal. EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s another fire season and, once again, fire crews are fighting blazes that scorch untold thousands of acres across the West.